Mosinet Geremew

Mosinet Geremew
Geremew in 2019
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32)
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
EventLong-distance running
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene Marathon
Geremew at the World Championships in Oregon (2022)

Mosinet Geremew (born 12 February 1992) is an Ethiopian middle-distance and long-distance runner.[1]

Mosinet's career started in cross country running. He ran in the junior category at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and placed 16th overall – he was not a point-scoring runner for the Ethiopian team. He returned to the same venue (Bydgoszcz) as a senior competitor at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, though his 24th-place finish again left him out of the team point scoring.[1] In 2012 he won the 10k Paderborner Osterlauf in Germany in 27:53 min.

He became the first person to win twice at the Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon, winning four times in a row, including a course record of 59:52 minutes – the fastest achieved in a Chinese race.[2][3] In 2015 he was the winner of the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon.

On 15 May 2016 he won the Bangalore 10k in a time of 28:36, after his victory the previous year.[4] At the 2018 edition of the run, he placed third in a time of 28:39 after fellow countrymen BIrhanu Legese with 28:38 and the winner Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) in 28:18.[5]

He achieved bigger popularity in 2018 by winning the Dubai Marathon in a course record time of 2:04:00 (with seven runners below 2:05) as well as a second place in the Chicago Marathon.[6]

At the 2019 London Marathon, he finished in second place behind Eliud Kipchoge with a time of 2:02:55, the third-fastest time in history.[7]

On 17 July 2022, Mosinet won his second World Championship Silver Medal in the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, finishing behind Tamirat Tola in a time of 2:06:44.

  1. ^ a b "Mosinet Geremew". IAAF. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ Wu, Vincent (24 April 2016). World champion Jepchirchir sets course record at Yangzhou Half Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Geremew takes fourth straight win in Yangzhou| News". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Jepchirchir and Geremew reign supreme in Bengaluru| News". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Kamworor and Tirop score Kenyan double at Bengaluru 10k| News". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Geremew and Dereje take down course records in Dubai| News". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. ^ Dennehy, Cathal (28 April 2019). "Kipchoge Proves He Has No Equal: Runs 2nd Fastest Marathon Time in History". Runner's World. Retrieved 2 May 2019.